Sound reproducing and recording instrument.



. WIEDER.

SOUND REPRODUGING AND RECORDING INSTRUMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 11,1912.

Patented July '7, 191% To all 'whom it meeneem/m:

HEERE GEQBQE WEEER, FLONDN, ENGLANBS.

peei-lieacicm of Lemei's Patent.

fnieuwe .neig-iz, wie.

malicein lefi Septembe lil, 1912. Serial No.

Be iatY imevm tha Henny GEORGE Wmnne; a subject of the. Empetfer of Ausf trie-Hungary, residing at 50 and 5l High i-ioiiiorn, in i'n'e eeuny of London, Micileeen, 'Engiend, have inveneii e new and useui. improvement Relating to Sound Repro filming and Recording nstrumente,' ef which the foiiowing is e speeiication.

My invention i'eietee to impmvements in sound reprofiueing end recording; .instruments such ne giemophones, phonographs, and the like. l l

@ne obje-et of my invenion is an infn proved Ineens of uttachmen for the arm carrying the sound which the arm adjustable more or lese vertically While it is carried in such e Way that it een Swing with e minimum of fricu tion lto themovexnent of iiie needle or eap-v phii'e. upon *ehe record.

The accompanying dyewmge are illustra- Ative of my improved ineens of attaching the tone arm to its brncke, Figure l being,n e longitudinai section and Fig. 2 e plan vlew showing the improved method of attach ment as applied to a tone erm which is die*u posed beneath the trumpet.-

zontal ber o1" carrier c furnishedcentmliy with an inwardly extendin "ventisei tube c2 adapted to receive a spind e al one end of which terminates in e *point fitting a bearing threaded in the bei. of Gefrier c', The spindle d passes through the Wadi of the. tone arm c and through a correspondin aperture in the bracket a, in the letter o which ii; is held inits adjusted position by means' of a se, serew d?.- To reduce the rietienai Contact to a minimum, I preferably regime the diameter of the spindle d, es shown, for the mejorfportion of thatiength there'o which is contained in `the tub '422. The Weight of the tone erm c is 'nus salaried by the spincile which not only permits verticali adjusmentvo the tone arm to be effected. but. enabes Ithe said erm to swing eeiy so ne t0 folien* the track oi' the record Wi'e its rnmpet end ieteined in the coi im b." The tone aun c carries et its outer free' end any yusuel form of neck to which :1. eound box f may; be etteehefi 'iiave .iiiustrated and described pi'eferred and Satisfactoryconsiruetions but ebviousiy changea conid be mede wit-hin the eeope of the appended claim.

W'hec I eiaim es my invention and desire to secure b Meters Petent is:-A

binetion with a, supporting erm pi'ovided with e trumpetfcerxyin ring having en interior fiange intermediate, the ends thereo of e tone arm having one and orme with en elbow fitted for' vertical edm justment in said ring beiowvthe enge, an openended tube passim through the vieil of saici tone erm verticeiy and centreiy ywith the openn in` seid eibovv anni ltein'lieletiil0' Hush with me end of the tone erm, e pointe spindle adjustwbiy mounted in seid support" ing erm. and fitting said tube, end e removable bearing threaded in the upper end of sai tube anni receiving the frmted end oi' said s ndlle.4 i

in@ vitriess whereof I have hereunto se@ my hand in the presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY GEORGE Winnen En. H. Emea In sounV reproueing machines the com# 

